tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66324360632174772002024-03-05T16:07:29.248-08:00Life on Dragonfly FarmSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08545870308098233012noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632436063217477200.post-8050884689507447342013-08-27T12:51:00.001-07:002013-08-27T12:51:18.702-07:00What I Did On My Summer Vacation<h3>
The farm has been buzzing with activity and now we find ourselves settling into a new rythym as fall approaches. </h3>
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The arrival of our ducklings came in late May just as school was ending:<br />
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They grew and grew and GREW! The Blue Swedish are beautiful and the Indian Runner Ducks are so funny to watch run around. They are a bit more shy than the chickens and operate on a group mentality. So they have been "herding" through our yard loudly discussing what they should do next. <br />
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We kicked off our summer with a weeklong stint at our local Girls Scouts Day Camp:<br />
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My friend Christi and I had the honor of leading 10 energetic girls in our Redbud camp. Each day brought new activities, learning experiences and a whole lot of fun! And each day ended with us dragging our tired selves home and scrubbing from head to toe! Who knew girls could get so dirty?<br />
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Our next adventure was Summer Art Camp at Autism Works.<br />
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This was the first Art Camp I had ever created....it was a tremendous amount of work, but oh so worth it! Four weekly art camps with four activites per camp. Whew! <br />
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The kids had a blast! <br />
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We painted with bubbles, shaving cream and melted crayons. We made Monster Heads from tissue boxes, Tin Can Robots and Rocker Heads (from rocks of course). We created Stick Creatures, Rocket Mobiles and tie dyed pillowcases. The kids even molded their own Volcanoes and took them out for Lava Eruptions! <br />
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Oh, did I mention the Slime? Even the volunteers couldn't keep their hands out of it! A great group of kids and volunteers. Can't wait till our monthly art workshops resume this Fall. <br />
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And what would July be without a Christmas in July Show? <br />
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Held at the Belvoir Winery in Liberty, Missouri this event benefitted the Autism Works organization. Mom came to help me out. Not only did we have great sales and a good time together we also got to try some delicious wine!<br />
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We did manage to squeeze in a quick vacation before school started.<br />
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The Omaha Zoo and Aquarium was wonderful. If I had money to spend on a salt water tank I would just put Jellyfish in it. Honestly they are the most relaxing and graceful things to sit and watch. <br />
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And of course we had to take our aspiring Veternarian/Astronaut to the Air and Space Museum before heading home. The highlight of that visit was the pieces of meteorites she got to see for herself that they really exist! <br />
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And what would the end of summer be without a Back to School Party? <br />
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With plenty of comfy seating:<br />
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And of course swimming and a bounce house palace (compliments of Baker Dave!)<br />
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We partied into the night, roasting marshmallows and enjoying the unusually cool evening.<br />
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It was an exhausting, busy, crazy summer. I can't wait till next year and do it all again!<br />
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Til next time!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Easter may be early this year, but don’t let it stop
you from creating a fun Easter craft with your children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just completed an art workshop with
several children creating the Bunnies in a Pot centerpiece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a great time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may already have many of the
supplies around your home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Floral foam<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Craft felt; white stiff felt, pink felt <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pink & white construction paper<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Googly eyes (or you can draw your eyes on)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Craft paint; various spring-like colors of your choice<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">White pompom or cotton ball<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Easter grass<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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inside the toilet paper roll and let dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Once the clay pot is dry, cut the floral foam with a
small knife to fit snugly inside the pot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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paint them in various colors and designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Easter bunnies do not have to be just white or brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try pink, purple, blue and green-have fun with
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add polka dots or stripes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It helps to hold the to-be bunny by the skewer while
painting and once done, stick it into the floral foam to finish drying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stand upright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This felt is available at
most craft stores and in a variety of colors. Cut out the inner pink part of
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cheeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Draw in where the nose would go
and color black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut out and lay
aside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut out small rectangles from
white construction paper for the teeth and glue to the back of the bunny
cheeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Draw a small line down the
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The chicks are growing at an amazing rate!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They arrived on the 10<sup>th</sup> via the
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s amazing to open that box and see those 27 little cuties in there. Their combined body heat keeps them warm and the yolk from the egg they just hatched from sustains them for up to three day without food or water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Born on the 8<sup>th</sup>, they have made a quick trip to their new home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are a few of their arrival day pictures:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Feeding frenzy fun:<br />
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A fuzzy Arucana breed checking out the camera:<br />
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This is Sweetie. She loves to be in my hand, just like my Penelope loved to do when she was a chick. There is always one in each brood that bonds closer to us humans than the others. Sweetie is a Black Australorp breed. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Our free “exotic chick” compliments of Murray McMurray Hatchery is a White Crested Black Polish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always wanted a chick with a pompom on its head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These free chicks are usually a rooster, so Andy has named him Lynyrd Skynyrd (in homage to “Free Bird”). Welcome Lynyrd! Eventually Lynyrd's body will be all black with a long all white wig-like feather crest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After just a few days, they have already sprouted the beginnings of small wing feathers and tails.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also quickly lose their baby fuzz on their faces.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08545870308098233012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632436063217477200.post-66929672792237555482013-03-04T20:39:00.003-08:002013-03-04T20:43:50.414-08:00Two Snowstorms in Seven days & Spring has Sprung on the Farm!<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Don’t
get me wrong, I love Snow and really enjoy the winter season on the Farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quietness and calm that comes with fresh
fallen snow is a cool reprieve from the hot & busy summers we experience
here.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Spring will not wait for the snow to melt and seasonal changes are already
being felt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Our 35 hens
are the first to feel the swing of the pendulum for daylight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their egg production has quadrupled in the
last week! We chose not to use artificial lighting during the winter and just let nature take its course. So after a nice winter rest the hens are producing heavily and we are again delivering eggs in the Lawrence area. I love our eggs- they just make me happy!</span></span></div>
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will arrive!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We built a new brooder for
them (though it is snowed in at the moment down the hill in the barn).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plans for the second chicken house have been
made and supplies being collected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
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have been ordered as well and will arrive May 20<sup>th</sup>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just in time for the chicks to move outside to
their transitional housing. These will be our first ducklings on the farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their eggs are wonderful for baking!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course Andy is more interested in eating
the ducks than having them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sigh.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is the downside of being married to a Chef.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birgitte & I name as many as we can of our
new arrivals, because if we name them we can’t eat them (at least that’s our
argument).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never said I was the most practical
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starts have been ordered and vegetable seeds are on their way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new garden beds have been composted &
prepped throughout the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two beds
are ready for lettuce, swiss chard and kale to be sown in with a cold frame to
protect them from the hard frost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Autism Works will be creating Easter Egg bouquets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We did these last year in Lawrence and the kids had a blast creating designer eggs! Can't wait to see what the kids come up with this Saturday!</span></span></span></div>
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Puppets that also serve as a Springtime Centerpiece. Our class will take place March 23rd with two class times; 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. Thanks to my daughter Birgitte for helping me "test" our class projects with her completed works above and below. </span></span></div>
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</span>May 3<sup>rd</sup> through the 5<sup>th</sup>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That sounds far off, but when we are making
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paint have taken over the house as our spring line of home & garden
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the hens are complaining and I need to clear their yard of snow so they can get
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08545870308098233012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632436063217477200.post-76121649695456598882011-07-07T20:12:00.001-07:002011-07-07T21:23:09.707-07:00Chicks Arrive!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Got<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“the call" Sunday 8 am from the Topeka postal distribution center that the chicks are here! Wasn’t expecting them till Monday, but this is good! </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Birgitte practically flies out of her bed to get ready to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She sings, “Oh we are picking up our chicks today” the entire 25 minute drive there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We are the third new chicken family to pick up their wards and still one more box of chicks waiting for their new family to arrive. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chicks are quite noisy in car drive home, Birgitte tries to reassure them that they are </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">going to a new home. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Label on box tells us that chicks were hatched on Friday, June 24<sup>th</sup> at 5 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mail on Saturday and arrive in Kansas Sunday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brooder is all set up for their arrival in our basement, a cozy 95 degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (FYI: our brooder is three extra-large cardboard boxes taped together to create a 4ft x6ft chick playpen with cushy pine shavings as the litter). </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>As soon as we get them out of their mailing box, they run around and find the food and water immediately!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birgitte thinks her chicks are very smart since we didn’t have to help them find their food or water (FYI: the yolk of the egg they hatched from allows chicks to survive up to 3 days without food or water, and yes they like the small box to keep each other warm, don't worry, no chicks were harmed in the mailing process). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuckoo Maran & Buff Rock at the feeder</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Each time we check on chicks, we put our hands in and peck at food with our fingers and call out, “here </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">chick, chick, chick, they come scurrying over to see what goodies we may have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They love to hop onto our hands and eat the feed right out of our palms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So cute!</span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By the time they are just 4 days old, they have sprouted tiny tail feathers and the beginnings of wing feathers too!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On Thursday, we enlarge the brooder to full size and take away the paper liner to reveal the pine shavings litter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oooh what a party!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ve never seen such scurrying and wing flapping going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are getting to be very fast and constantly flapping their newly sprouted wing feathers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birgitte loves her Chicks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bird in the hand.....One day old Buff Rock enjoying a warm hand</td></tr>
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</tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So the morning routine has changed, get up, let the dog out, get dressed and run down to the basement to the chicks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are softly peeping keeping close to each other and the red heat lamp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tell them, get ready, here it comes, Mr. Sunshine!, as I turn on the light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WOW do they ever get excited! It’s total chaos with all the running, peeping, wing flapping and jumping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes us laugh every time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As soon as we put our hands into the brooder they all come running over looking for goodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are wanting more and more company, just to hear our voices nearby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we leave the basement, some start to peep loudly until someone comes back to check on them….then they settle down. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chicken coop isn’t done, but we are getting there, now if we can only finish before the chicks take over the whole basement! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08545870308098233012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632436063217477200.post-66967529042574026412011-06-21T17:36:00.001-07:002011-06-21T18:52:21.366-07:00A New Beginning<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Ever dream of leaving the suburbs, starting a farm and living the country life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did after years of dreaming, searching and finally finding a small spot of Kansas country to claim as our own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">As children, Andy and I were blessed with parents who also wanted a taste of the country life, something we wanted to pass on to our own daughter, Birgitte. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But after 20 plus years of suburban living, did we remember anything from our farming childhood? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are soon to find out!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A walk through the meadow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the simple life</td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Follow us as we update a 1957 raised ranch farmhouse, build our farm, and create a new lifestyle for our family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">This is our story, our adventure…. we hope you join us!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">We wake up October 1<sup>st</sup>, 2010 on “the farm”, first order of business?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have a party of course!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So after ten days of painting rooms, unpacking and a bit of landscape pruning, we are ready to show off the beginnings of Dragonfly Farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful party Sunset</td></tr>
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">So, why has it taken me nine months to finally start to post about our life on Dragonfly Farm?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well let me tell you, starting up a farm from scratch is no walk in the park!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, none of the previous farm buildings still stand except one roofless silo near the back of the property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No fencing either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since winter was upon us when we moved in, woodcutting and wood fuel took on new meaning in our life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Windows needed replacing, gardens needed planting and well, you get the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the few remnents from the former farmstead</td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Now summer solstice is upon us and the chickens have been ordered and on their way (they arrive in six days!), the chicken coop is still being built, gardens still being put in and oh my where has the time gone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And did I mention the grass needs cutting again?</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where oh where will our little chicks sleep?</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Hard work aside, I love this place, the hilltop views, amazing sunrises and sunsets, the lake less than a mile away with a small horizon view and a feeling of pioneer spirit growing inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wouldn’t trade it for the world. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Till next time, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Susan</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Future Posts: </span></i></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7AWRc305g3zMeS16iG9fDWVdvIv5_-uKmNinj76eyoXW3wAVWehWX4Ctpvwi0vL6poT6BTjUI1rdiNKAI8nci7XsI1At1lZymc9Zt1UsSbK1h-JC1yCtc91c3HadrpBBGjh2iIga4gq3/s1600/OctPartyPic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Before & After” with paint:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will share some of our “lipstick” redecorating<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>projects throughout the house….this is definitely redecorating on a budget, we get creative!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Creating my Art Studio Space:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">As soon as I saw this house and its fieldstone basement with daylight windows, I already pictured the beginnings of my studio space!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7AWRc305g3zMeS16iG9fDWVdvIv5_-uKmNinj76eyoXW3wAVWehWX4Ctpvwi0vL6poT6BTjUI1rdiNKAI8nci7XsI1At1lZymc9Zt1UsSbK1h-JC1yCtc91c3HadrpBBGjh2iIga4gq3/s1600/OctPartyPic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7AWRc305g3zMeS16iG9fDWVdvIv5_-uKmNinj76eyoXW3wAVWehWX4Ctpvwi0vL6poT6BTjUI1rdiNKAI8nci7XsI1At1lZymc9Zt1UsSbK1h-JC1yCtc91c3HadrpBBGjh2iIga4gq3/s1600/OctPartyPic2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><img height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqajimbmtd3eKrkxWaPDVyMhCrRMu8Bl5oyEVjf_TjUkMjftoWjl3x58vXzncegbM8b_G6TxcwF0qJ8dB1j0GDQUgSJZD1LJ-_CLOH0neKrL7cA9h67FIz8yZsCHXl-5e-6NGdP7xOTlke/s320/BirgitteAtFishPond2010.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 424px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 700px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" /> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08545870308098233012noreply@blogger.com3